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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2134346, member: 15929&quot;]I like your reply but I don&#039;t see any mention of the fact that if silver pushed beyond $2.00 and ounce, then each coin the government produced would have more silver in it than its face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only that, but the manufacturing uses of silver were really pushing its price up. Things such as film, transistor and integrated circuit manufacturing were HUGE consumers of silver!</p><p><br /></p><p>There really was no alternative except for the US to get in step with the rest of the world which no longer used silver in their coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at today. People find a &quot;silver quarter&quot; and they turn around and sell it for melt value and STILL walk away with a profit. Imagine of you could go to the Bank, get a roll of 90% Silver Quarters and for $10 then turn around and sell it on eBay for $100?</p><p><br /></p><p>THAT is what the Government was faced with and THAT is why a cheaper metal was used for coinage in 1965.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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